Nigerian woman sues US airline for ejecting her over body odour (Nation)

A Nigerian woman is in court against the United Airlines, claiming the carrier racially discriminated against her in removing her from her flight at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport following a complaint by a fellow passenger that she had a “pungent” odour.

Hearing the federal discrimination suit filed by Queen Obioma is a court in Texas.

The plaintiff said she and her children were wrongfully kicked off a flight headed to San Francisco on March 4, 2016, the second leg of a three-flight trip from Lagos to Ontario, Canada, where her kids attend school. Read more